Provincetown, Mass. was hit hard on Aug. 9 by a severe storm that damaged the public vacuum sewer system, forcing the closure of many restaurants and public restrooms in peak vacation season.
The U.S. government will spend nearly $900 million in the next five years to address aquatic trash, a problem that vexes municipal stormwater agencies.
Two months after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, who is also the county’s director of emergency management, proposed a set of 15 responses, including some new construction and restoration work, aimed at protecting the city from future floods.